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A direct India Ink prep of CSF reveals a yeast organism that does not have a capsule.  Which of the following is the correct course of action?

A culture from a chronic interdigital lesion of the foot grew a mold that is yellow to buff on the surface with a red-brown reverse, rare pencil-shaped macroconidia, and numerous microconidia in grapelike clusters with some spiraling hyphae also observed.  The organism is also positive for both urease and in-vitro hair perforation.  This organism is most likely:

An immunocompromised patient from the mid-west became severely anemic.  A bone marrow sample showed macrophages with numerous small oval yeast cells inside.  Lung tissue biopsy also showed alveolar macrophages with intracellular budding yeast.  Similar organisms were seen in biopsy samples of the spleen and liver.  The fungal culture demonstrated large macroconidia with finger-like projections and some small, oval microconidia.  The most likely organism involved is:

Which of the following is NOT a part of the federal government’s mandatory expenditures?

A patient from eastern Kentucky had a recurring cough which progressively worsened over time with concurrent weight loss.  Sputum samples showed large, round yeast with thick connection budding forms on a direct mount.  The most likely cause of the pneumonia is:  

A culture of a strand of hair that fluoresced with a Wood’s lamp produced a slow-growing, flat lemon-yellow colony with a light yellow-brown reverse. The following macroconidia were observed. The most probable identification is:  

A panel of ______ judge(s) usually hears appeals in U.S. courts of appeals.

Which of the following federal government programs must be planned on a 75-year timeline?

A 24 year old from Southeast Asia was seen at a clinic with a chief complaint of weight loss and fever.  A complete blood count confirmed he was anemic.  Multiple skin lesions were present on his arms with some developing draining pus.  A gram stain of the pus revealed what appeared to be yeast-like cells.  A culture of the pus grew a blue-green mold, which produced a red soluble pigment on the agar.  The most likely causative agent is:

By tradition, judges who come from a particular state are